Network Technology and Management for Color Ability Corporation

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Executive Summary
This report will focus on Color Ability Corporation (CAC) which is a marketing and advertising company.
Currently the company is located on level 10 and 11 of X Tower in Brisbane CBD and has 80 employees.
CAC has purchased a four-story building within Brisbane CBD and would like to implement a network
infrastructure in place before moving to their new offices in 3 months. Each floor will host a department
and currently CAC has four departments including HR and accounting, advertising, marketing, and design
and photography. CAC would like to implement an effective but affordable network that can be
accommodated by its limited budget. It is important to plan and design the network properly and
implement the network with the most reliable and highly secured devices to ensure business continuity
and performance. The choice of network design and devices are crucial for the overall performance and
effectiveness of the network. Therefore, it is recommended that Color Ability Corporation adopts this
proposal because it meets their requirements, business functions, and is within its budget.
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Table of Contents
Executive Summary......................................................................................................................................i
Table of Figures and Tables........................................................................................................................iii
Introduction.................................................................................................................................................1
Problem Statement.................................................................................................................................1
Goals and Objectives...............................................................................................................................1
Methodology and Timetable...................................................................................................................1
Budget Summary.....................................................................................................................................2
Technical Solutions and Evaluation.............................................................................................................3
Activity 1..................................................................................................................................................3
Activity 2..................................................................................................................................................6
Activity 3..................................................................................................................................................6
Activity 4..................................................................................................................................................9
Activity 5................................................................................................................................................10
Activity 6................................................................................................................................................11
Activity 7................................................................................................................................................12
Activity 8................................................................................................................................................13
Future plans...........................................................................................................................................14
Conclusion and Recommendations...........................................................................................................14
Reference List............................................................................................................................................15
Appendix 1: Subnetting Calculations.........................................................................................................17
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Table of Figures and Tables
Figure 1: Xerox Phaser 7400 DXF.................................................................................................................6
Figure 2: Network Design for Each Floor.....................................................................................................7
Figure 3: Cisco Small Business Switch..........................................................................................................8
Table 1: Project Schedule............................................................................................................................2
Table 2: Budget Summary...........................................................................................................................2
Table 3: Specifications for General use Computers.....................................................................................3
Table 4: Specification for Graphics Production Computer...........................................................................4
Table 5: System Specifications for Film Production Computer....................................................................5
Table 6: System specifications for Email and FTP server.............................................................................5
Table 7: Internet Service Providers............................................................................................................10
Table 8: Internal Services Provided by CAC...............................................................................................11
Table 9: Requirement Justification............................................................................................................12
Table 10: Subnetting Table........................................................................................................................12
Table 11: IP Addressing Table....................................................................................................................13
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Introduction
Computer networks is a fundamental part of any business because allows sharing of resources and
communications amongst the employees and customers. Networking is interconnectivity of various
computer devices such as desktops, laptops, servers, routers, switches, access points amongst others for
the purpose of communication and resource sharing (Zhuravlev, 2016). This is an integral sector and
requires careful planning, design, and implementation so as to ensure that all the business requirements
and functions have been addressed. A well designed network infrastructure increases business
performance and productivity while a poorly design one may cost the business resources in managing
and upgrading it every other time (Salim & Abdalla, 2018). A network should meet the following
properties: it should be secured, scalable, easy to manage, reliable, efficient, and effective in order to
support all the business processes. This report seeks to review the existing network infrastructure and
propose a new solution for CAC’s new office that will meet their business requirements and is within
their budget. It includes proposing computers for every department, ISP provider, IP addressing and sub
netting, and the various networking devices and printers that will meet their daily needs.
Problem Statement
Color Ability and Corporation have purchased a four-story building within Brisbane CBD. The company
has no IT department and wants the new building to be networked so as to meet its business objectives
within the limited budget and resources available.
Goals and Objectives
The objectives of this project include; to design and implement the network infrastructure that will meet
the needs of every department at CAC. Secondly, to acquire reliable but affordable network devices that
will handle the company operations and communication. Thirdly, to recommend computer systems for
general use, graphic production, film production, and email and FTP server and finally to recommend
reliable local internet service provider.
Methodology and Timetable
To achieve the objectives, project will be broken down to various milestones and activities to be
achieved within three months. First is project planning, this includes gathering all the requirements that
is needed to successfully achieve the project objectives. Secondly, is the network design phase where
the network is designed and simulated using the various network simulation tools like Netsim and
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packet tracer to ensure that the proposed design will work. Thirdly, is the network implementation
where the logical design is implemented and the actual networking activity is done on the four-story
building. Finally, is network testing to ensure that every device is functional and communicates over the
network. Acceptance testing is done to ensure that the network users are satisfied with the overall
network design, functionality, and speed. Documentation will be done throughout the project. Below is
the table showing the project schedule within three months.
Project Task Duration (days) Start date End date
Project planning 10 September 1, 2018 September 10, 2018
Network Design 15 September 11, 2018 September 26, 2018
Network Implementation 60 September 27, 2018 November 26, 2018
Network Testing 10 November 27, 2018 December 6, 2018
Documentation 90 September 1, 2018 December 6, 2018
Table 1: Project Schedule
Budget Summary
Item No Item Quantity Price ($) Total Cost ($)
1 General Use Computers 60 420 25200
2 Graphic production Computers 10 638 6380
3 Film Production Computers 10 680 6800
4 Servers 5 550 2750
5 Routers 2 190 380
6 Switches 5 175 875
7 Wireless Access Points 5 170 850
8 Printers 5 850 4250
9 ISP Subscription 24 89 2136
10 Cat 6 Ethernet Cable (100 meters
each) 8 120 960
TOTAL EXPENSES 50581
Table 2: Budget Summary
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